Provincial Government Receives Health Accord NL Blueprint

  • Executive Council
  • Health and Community Services

June 16, 2022

Today, Health Accord NL co-chairs Sister Elizabeth Davis and Dr. Pat Parfrey, provided the Health Accord NL blueprint to the Honourable Andrew Furey, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services. The implementation blueprint outlines possible steps to be taken in response to the 57 calls to action contained in Health Accord NL’s final report. The Blueprint can be viewed online.

In February 2022, the Health Accord NL final report was presented to the Provincial Government and included calls to action on improving specific social, economic, and environmental conditions affecting our health; providing better, more timely access to health care; and developing a more integrated, technologically enhanced, and sustainable health system. A number of the initiatives are already underway, with additional recommendations announced as part of Budget 2022.

Health Accord NL was created in November 2020 to reimagine the health care system to best deliver services to people in communities across the province. It was mandated to deliver a 10-year Health Accord with short, medium, and long-term goals for a health care system that better meets the needs of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.

The co-chairs, along with the six subcommittees, conducted public and targeted consultations on how health outcomes can be improved, as well as the social and economic factors that influence the health of residents of the province.

The Provincial Government will now carefully review the blueprint in its entirety in the coming weeks and consider next steps.

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“The Health Accord NL team, led by Sister Elizabeth Davis and Dr. Pat Parfrey, have done an incredible job in putting forward a significant piece of work with approaches to reimagine our health care system for better outcomes. I want to thank them for their dedication. We will now take the time to review the implementation plan they have presented to us, recognizing that some of this work is already underway in our continued efforts to realign health care.”
Honourable Andrew Furey
Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador

“The Health Accord NL team was asked to determine the level of systemic changes needed to improve health care in our province and I want to thank them for this undertaking. After numerous in-depth consultations, presentations, community engagement and a final report, the final piece of their work has culminated in this Blueprint. We will now review this implementation document, recognizing the need for appropriate engagement as we move forward.”
Honourable John Haggie
Minister of Health and Community Services

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Learn more
Health Accord NL Blueprint

Health Accord NL Final Report

Health Accord NL Interim Report – A Call to Action to Transform Health

Health Accord NL

News Release: Premier Furey and Minister Haggie Appoint Co-Chairs for Health Accord NL

News Release: Six Committees Established for Health Accord NL

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2022 06 16 2:15 pm